Wednesday 11/30

Well it's already the last day of November. Man, that flew by. Time to see how I did on my goals.

November Goals:

1. Track every day (except Thanksgiving...let's be real. That will not be happening) I did really well for the first 2 weeks and then I backed off (right after church Thanksgiving, go figure)

2. Work out at least 4 times a week I worked out 4 times a week until the week of Thanksgiving. See a trend developing.

3. Make a weekly meal plan and only eat out twice a week (this will help with food and money budget) I didn't do well on meal plans except that first week but I have cut my eating out down quite a bit. I would like to see that pattern continue

4. Try 2 new zumba classes at different YMCA's (I'll look up the schedule later this am) I only tried 1 new zumba class but I tried kardio kick and loved it so I hope to get to keep doing that!

5. Re-join Weight Watchers. I think this will help me get to my weight goal. Opted to not do this so this goal should be removed.

6. Make a money budget and stick to it for the rest of the year. I did create a newly renovated budget and have been sticking to it. My savings goal for the year I think will be met. It's a little harder to track now because of the car but I was mainly saving for a down payment so I'm still good with that. Now it's time to look to 2012 for a new savings goal and to make sure to not blow my Christmas budget.


7. Go get my annual physical Did it and feel so much better now!

Well  over all I don't feel too bad about how November went. I'm down about 1.5 pounds and considering Thanksgiving and everything I Feel really good about that. I'm excited to make December goals!


Breakfast: Oatmeal

Snack: Blueberry Greek yogurt

Lunch: Soup w/crackers

Dinner: veggies & pizza

Snack: Cocoa

Activity: YMCA zumba

Tuesday 11/29

Breakfast: coffee with cream, sugar free oatmeal
Snack: mac and cheese
Lunch: small ham/cheese/tomato wrap, 1/2 an apple,  acorn squash
Dinner:  mini mushroom meatloafs, spaghetti squash
Snack: apple cider


I will be making homemade apple cider again this afternoon!  I'm so excited!  It makes the house smell amazing and tastes SO GOOD.  And it's not bad for you either--I use splenda to sweeten it.  


Also, my first attempt at a Bento lunch:

Turkey wrap, apple slices, cherry tomatoes, and acorn squash!  I love this!  It really encourages me to get a variety of veggies!

Tuesday 11/29

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Snack: Greek yogurt

Lunch: soup and crackers

Snack: Peanut butter bar 

Dinner: frozen veggies & lean cuisine pizza

Snack: cocoa w/mini marshmallows (not super good for you but not that bad either and it tastes like christmas in a cup) 

Activity: Zumba (hr avg = 167, high 186)

I think I may be getting sick. My throat is getting itchy and I'm developing a cough. Stay away sickness!!!

Monday 11/28

Aww, poor Lizzy!!!  :(  Hope she's better soon, poor thing.

What kind of cars are you looking at?  I know that car buying can definitely be stressful!  But new cars are always fun, haha!

I haven't finished decorating either.  It is a mess in here with all of the boxes out too.

I'm going to start back tracking hardcore again tomorrow.  I didn't have groceries (our fridge looked really sad) until this afternoon, so I will be back on track now.

Breakfast: apple, coffee
Lunch: crispy chicken sandwich from Wendy's, a few fries (they were gross and I trashed them).
Snack: PB&J on low-carb tortilla
Dinner: making stew right now!  I subbed butternut squash for potatoes, and am pretty excited!   So apparently subbing "HOT" rotel is not a good idea for just adding more flavor....the stew is so spicy I can't eat it.....on to plan B.....


I am really thinking about getting these lunch sets so I can start doing this!!  I feel much more satisfied when I have a wide variety of small things like this!  http://easylunchboxes.smugmug.com/The-Best-Lunchbox-System/Yummy-Lunch-Ideas/10136835_YSuyb#696914291_YxmUd

Monday 11/28

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Snack: Yogurt

Lunch: Soup

Dinner:Broccoli & cheese, lean cuisine pizza

Activity: Nope....didn't get Lizzie back til 6:05. No time for kickboxing. I will go Wednesday!

Feeling a little overwhelmed. I had to take Liz to the vet because she's sick and has abscesses on her head (from a fight) so I feel stressed that she is there and scared to death. I'm starting to look at new cars so I have called around this morning so that's weighing on me and now back from a 5 day break to a desk of work (well it may not have that much work on it). I just feel out of sorts.

I still haven't finished decorating for Christmas. I'm just starting to feel behind. I'm going to create a to-do list at lunch so I can feel a  little more in control.

So I bought a car!!! Woohoo! A 2011 Nissan Juke. I am in love with it! 

I'm wiped. Lizzie has 2 huge spots on her face wide open. I think she's already feeling better. I may run over that other cat that scratched her and caused her all this pain.

Today's food wasn't so bad. Pretty much prepackaged but most of it was healthy. Ready to get back to a routine tomorrow. Today was crazy.

Saturday 11/26

Hello! I'm glad you're back. I want to hear all about your travels. Seriously, we need to get together asap!

I was reading on beth's journey yesterday and the best thing I read was "Today is a new day". Amen sister. I don't believe in counting calories on holidays. However, I could have done a much better job at counting calories and working out the week up to the holidays. Oh well, no guilt and moving on. Ready to get right back to my routine.

I'm heading home today to get chores done and all my holiday decorating finished up. Today is also small business Saturday so I feel it's my duty to support some of the city businesses and hopefully get some Christmas shopping done.

Back to tracking. 4 weeks til Christmas and I would love to make that a very healthy 4 weeks. I'm going to make another workout schedule. It worked out really well for November (well, until this week). I'm also going to do weekly menus. This seems to be something that really helps me out.

Just reconciled my bank account. No more starbucks until at least 2012. Such a waste of money and I just calculated how many I've had in the past month. Nutso! Now, after typing that I realized I should just categorize no more eating fast food period. Usually I don't count Starbucks but now I will. No more fast food of any kind for the rest of the year!

I'm thinking maybe we could do some sort of holiday challenge. What do you think?

Breakfast:cottage cheese & pineapple (the cottage cheese didn't taste very good so I didnt eat much of it)

Snack: Oatmeal

Lunch:Polenta w/pizza sauce

Dinner:

Activity: gym time

Wednesday

I'm back!
This past week was a long one, and I am very thankful that it is over!!!
The interviews all went well though, and it was fun to get to see some new places.  Kansas City is so fun and Omaha is surprisingly pretty (although it was really cold up there!!).

I'm super excited to get a full thanksgiving break!!

Breakfast: pumpkin spice coffee with cream (YUM, so glad they make this for the kurig!), icelandic yogurt with blackberries.